Joshua Kosgei

position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Kenya

position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Kenya

Career Honors and Recognition

2024 Indoor First Team All-SEC
2025 Indoor Third Team All-SEC

Season and Career Results

2025

Indoor

Competed in five events during the indoor season, running the 800m, 1000m, mile and a pair of DMR events … Placed third overall in the SEC Indoor Championship DMR, running a program record time of 9:27.14 to earn Third Team All-SEC honors … Also was part of the DMR squad that won the Gamecock Challenge with a new Carolina Indoor Track & Field facility record, running 9:44.41 … Opened his season in the 1000m race at the Clemson Opener, running 2:28.02 to finish fourth with the seventh fastest indoor 1000m in program history … Finished fourth overall in his mile opener at the Gamecock Challenge, clocking a time of 4:04.07 … The following week at the Scarlet & White Invitational he ran 3:59.91 in the mile, the fourth fastest time in program history … Also ran the mile at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing 14^th overall … Ran in one 800m event on the year, winning the USC Invite after crossing the line at 1:50.69.

2024

Indoor
Competed in four meets in his first indoor season and was part of the program’s first ever SEC Indoor DMR championship team … Ran the third leg of the SEC gold medal DMR team that turned in a time of 9:34.50 to earn First Team All-SEC honors … In addition, the DMR time set a new Carolina indoor record … Recorded three new Top-10 program marks in the 800m, mile and 3K events … Won the USC Indoor Open 800m race with a time of 1:49.06 to rank fifth all time in Gamecock indoor history … Ran the fourth fastest indoor mile in Gamecock history at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, clocking 4:03.66 … Closed out the indoor season at the SEC Indoor Championship, running 8:15.73 in the 3K for the fifth fastest time in program history.

Outdoor
Appeared in six meets during his first outdoor season with Carolina, running the 800m, 1500m and the 5K … Ended his season at the SEC Championship where he finished 18^th in the 800m (1:51.01) and 27^th overall in his first collegiate 5K race after running 14:50.31 … Made his outdoor debut at the Weems Baskin Invitational in the 800m, finishing runner-up with a time of 1:50.63 … The following week, he ran his lone 1500m race of the season at the Florida Relays, finishing eighth with a time of 3:46.28 which ranks seventh in program history … Had back-to-back third-place finishes in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational (1:48.90) and the Charlotte Invitational (1:49.39) … His time at the Wake Forest Invitational set a new personal best and ranks ninth all-time in Gamecock history.

Personal Records

Indoor